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21. A semi-annual dividend of five per cent. declared on the capital stock of the Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank.
22. Mrs. Irene Pierce died, aged 65. Charles H. Weller died .. , An unsuccessful attempt was made by incendiaries to set fire to H. Knapp's store on Quay street.
23. Mary Elizabeth, wife of M. J. Thomas, formerly of Albany, died at St. Augustine.
24. The jewelry store of A. Given, Broadway, was robbed of about $1400 worth of watches ...... The Court of Special Sessions was opened by the Recorder and Justice Cole ....... A meeting was held by the la- dies of Dr. Wyckoff's church, in favor of the Portuguese exiles. · Cornelius Cassidy died, aged 75. Amelia Ward died, aged 20.
25. John Cassidy died, aged 43.
27. John Martin died, aged 60. . House No. 277 Lydius street was discovered to have been robbed in the absence of its occupants, of $15 in gold and silver, and several articles of plate.
28. The water was let into the canal its entire length. .... . A rail- road car of a novel construction, from the coach factory of James Gould & Co., was placed on the Champlain and St. Lawrence railroad.
30. Mary A., wife of Mark L. Linn, died. ...... Mayor Humphrey, in compliance with a request by telegraph from New York, caused the arrest of N. G. Klinch for swindling.
MAY, 1849.
2. Hugh D. Elliot, civil engineer, son of the late Robert Elliot of Albany, died, aged 23, at Junction, Virginia.
3. Thirty prisoners, from the Clinton State Prison, passed through the city to Singsing .... . The steamer Isaac Newton brought up over 900 passengers, one of whom, a German boy, was born a few hours pre- vious to landing : the mother was able to assist in unlading the baggage.
4. Steamer Oregon, Captain St. John, arrived at her wharf with 840 passengers.
7. Jane, wife of Geo. T. Clark, formerly of Albany, died in Michigan, aged 34 ....... General Worth died at San Antonio de Bexar, of cholera. The first meeting of the merchants on change this season took place. ...... A forged check for $6800, purporting to be drawn by the cashier of the Bank of Troy on the Merchants' Bank in New York, was presented at the Bank of Albany by A. C. Comstock, who accompanied an officer to Troy, where the forger was discovered.
9. A boy about seven years old, son of Michael Forrester, was burnt to death by his clothes taking fire ....... Luther Wheeler died, aged 32. David Evans died, aged 42. William Whipple died, aged 40 ....... Dr. Dill and Mr. Simpson, lately from Ireland, lectured in Dr. Sprague's church on the religious wants of Ireland.
10. Mrs. Catherine Angus died, aged 70.
11. Samuel Pruyn was chosen chairman of the board of supervisors ; James M. Whelpley, clerk.
12. Friends' Meeting-house, on Plain street, took fire, but was soon extinguished. ...... Store of Charles Pohlman, 622 Broadway, entered by burglars, and robbed of $200 worth of clothing.
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13. Benjamin Welch died, aged 76. ...... Rev. Dr. Dewey, of the Unitarian Church, preached his farewell sermon to his people.
14. Margaret, wife of Richard Cosgrove, died, aged 28. Abraham and Hiram Pangburn were found dead in a shanty on the island a little below the city : intemperate .. .. John Osborn was appointed, by the Common Council, captain of the fire police.
15. The Albany Daily Messenger, a penny print, by B. F. Romaine, editor, made its appearance. ...... The Express announced Lewis Be- nedict as the postmaster to succeed Mr. Wasson ....... Alida Wynkoop, widow of Dr. Jonathan Eights, died, aged 77. John McIntosh died, aged 39.
16. Isaac P. Hand died, aged 46. ...... The ground was broken for the site of the chapel of the Holy Innocents, corner of North Pearl and Colonie streets.
17. Elizabeth Mccluskey died, aged 60.
18. Francis, wife of Cornelius McDonald, died, aged 25. Thomas Murtough died ....... News reached the city of the wreck of the steamer Empire, on her upward trip.
19. Sarah, wife of Edward Kellogg and daughter of S. Hastings, died. William Marvin, brother of John and Alexander Marvin of this city, died at New-London, Connecticut, aged 74.
21. The materials for a monument to be erected in the Albany Ce- metery, over the remains of Judge Spencer, arrived.
22. Ann, wife of Levi H. Palmer, died. Erectus Tubbs died. Aris, wife of Stephen Townsend, died, aged 67. George T. Clark, merchant, of Dewitt county, Michigan, formerly of Albany, died, aged 47.
23. Jabez W. Knowlton died, aged 26. Sarah M. Pugsley died, aged 43 ....... Eight individuals subscribed $18,000 to the stock of the Albany and Cohoes Railway.
24. Over 4000 hogs reported running at large in the streets.
25. The work of placing a sewer nine feet deep in Hamilton street, was completed ....... A propeller named M. T. Reynolds, intended for the navigation of the canal, appeared in the basin.
26. The office of the weighmaster at the Little Basin robbed of $50. 27. $500 in notes on the Commercial Bank of Albany, with some clothing, were stolen from the house of Mr. Peter R. Clute, 5 Grand st.
28. Ann B., widow of the late Douw B. Slingerland, died, aged 65. . Rev. J. B. Davenport, of Syracuse, accepted a call to the rector- ship of Grace Church, and commenced his labors.
29. The work of planking the western turnpike commenced above Snipe street. .... . Mrs. Ellen McMillan was found dead in her bed : verdict intemperance.
30. Drug store of A. McClure, State street, broken open, and a small sum of money stolen.
31. Elijah Cobb died, aged 35. Caroline M. Lightbody died, aged 23. ...... Price of flour declined. ...... The clerks of the Post-office presented a silver pitcher to the retiring postmaster, Mr. Wasson.
JUNE, 1849.
1. The new iron bridge, built by F. Townsend & Co. for the Pier Company, at the foot of Hamilton street, was swung over the opening :
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time occupied about one minute ....... The district school on Arbor Hill was opened with appropriate exercises ... ... Catherine J. Angus, wife of Charles W. Mink, died, aged 42.
2. Mrs. Grace H. Shattuck died, aged 58.
3. The severe storm cut off telegraphic communication with the west : 15 or 20 poles were blown down.
4. Henry Husthouse, aged 18, died of cholera. Mercury in the thermometer rose to 89º in the shade.
5. M. Maurice Strakosch, pianist, gave a concert in the Female Aca- demy. ...... Orcutt & Co.'s furnace, in Hamilton west of Swan street, was burned ....... The body of a man was found floating in the basin, near the Columbia street bridge.
6. The mayor, as chairman of the Board of Health, requested physi- cians, hotel keepers, &c., to report at his office, every day at noon, the cases of cholera occurring in their practice or houses .. ..... The lumber offices of James B. King and B. Van Etten, on the Pier, were entered by robbers.
7. The ceremony at laying the corner stone of the chapel of the Holy Innocents took place under the direction of Rt. Rev. Bishop Whitting- ham, of the diocese of Maryland. ...... Robert M. Seymour, formerly of the firm of Seymour, Wood & Co., died in New York, aged 51.
8. Isaac Matson died at the Northern Hotel, of cholera, at 3 A. M .: he was from New- York.
9. Daniel Lafferty, aged 27, was drowned near the Columbia street bridge. . ... . Two cases of cholera reported to the Board of Health : one fatal, an emigrant.
10. John Powers died, aged 50. John Schoonmaker died, aged 54, at his residence, corner of Orange street and Broadway. Conrad A. Ten Eyck, one of the justices of the Justice's Court, died suddenly by the bursting of a bloodvessel.
11. Three cases of cholera reported since the 9th : one death.
Steamer New World made her first trip to Albany from New York : she is intended for a day boat.
12. The Board of Health report only one case of cholera : fatal. Two deaths of those cholera patients reported on the 11th, occurred. . Fourteen state prisoners, from Singsing, passed through the city for Auburn .. . Albany Hydrant Company dissolved.
13. One new case of cholera reported : no deaths ..... .. The citizens in the neighborhood of the Arbor Hill burying ground have commenced converting it into a park ; the bones to be collected into a mound in the centre. . The body of a man, about 40 years of age, was found in the river at the foot of Bleecker street.
14. The Temperance Pavilion, a large tent erected in North Pearl street by Mr. Van Wagner, the Poughkeepsie Blacksmith, was crowded to excess.
15. Several persons arrested for putting up signs protruding more than eighteen inches from the front of the buildings .. . Two cases of cholera reported, both fatal.
16. Three young lads in a sail boat capsized in the river below the city, and Charles Lansing, one of them, drowned. ...... The jury em- pannelled to try Osborn for perjury, returned a verdict of guilty of arson in the third degree : sentenced ten years to state prison. ... House
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107 Lydius street robbed of $12 in money, and several articles wearing apparel ....... Two cases of cholera reported : no deaths.
17. Dr. N. A. Jewett died, aged 46 .. ..... A stable in the upper part of State street burned down. ...... George Winne, son of Jellis Winne of Albany, died at St. Paul, Minesota territory.
18. John G. Chifferder, a German youth, found in a pond south of the old railroad ....... Mr. Hughes, of Dove street, died by cholera.
19. Daniel W. Talcott died, aged 60. John Ryan died, aged 85. George Smith, aged about 30, was drowned in the canal ....... At mid- day, $21 were stolen from the store of Mr. Mulligan, corner of Swan and Jefferson, and a house in Westerlo street robbed of a gold watch and several other articles of value.
20. Mrs. Elizabeth Lockwood, widow of Jared Lockwood, formerly of Albany, died at Stamford, Connecticut, aged 85 .. . . A stable, and a quantity of wood in Green street, destroyed by fire. One fatal case of cholera reported.
21. Nelson W. Perry died, aged 21 .... . One cholera case reported, fatal ....... The body of a man named Welch was found upon a pile of lumber near Bath Ferry. .... . The mercury rose to 98º in the shade. A man named Richardson, working on one of the canal boats, died sud- denly from heat ....... Belden B. Batty, of Albany, accidentally shot at San Francisco, and died.
22. Catherine Bleecker died: Mrs. Elizabeth Phillip died, aged 50. James L. Schermerhorn died, aged 34. . Several houses in Canal street burnt.
23. Two fatal cases of cholera reported.
24. James R. Roe, and Hannah his wife, died. . Two cases of cholera reported; not fatal.
25. Four cases of cholera : none reported fatal.
26. James B. Baker died, aged 44. . ..... A horse, the property of Star Hawley, valued at $150, backed off the pier and was drowned ...... A boatman from Philadelphia, and two residents in Snipe street, died of cholera.
27. One fatal case of cholera reported.
28. Eight cases of cholera ; three of which are reported as fatal.
29. Mrs. Boylan, residing in East Albany, died by cholera. Amey A. Brown, on a visit from Brooklyn, died of cholera.
30. The Sunday Dutchman, a new weekly, appeared ....... Five cases of cholera ; one fatal, ...... Capt. Thomas Wiswal died, aged 49 ...... John Cotner was arrested in Buffalo, for passing counterfeit $5s on the Mechanics' & Farmers' Bank of Albany ....... Number cases of cholera for June, 41 ; deaths, 22.
JULY, 1849.
1. O. G. De Groff, formerly of Albany, died at Cincinnati of cholera, aged 50.
2. Gen. Herrera and family, from Mexico, took lodgings at Congress Hall ....... Seven cases of cholera reported, five of which were fatal.
3. Eleven cholera cases reported : four deaths ....... The second ex. hibition of the Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural Society was held in the Agricultural Rooms, State street.
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4. National anniversary was celebrated. Three processions : 1st, Regular, consisting of state and city officers, military, fire and boat com- panies, citizens and strangers ; 2d, Independent, carmen, &c .; 3d, Young Men's Association ....... Six cases of cholera reported for the last forty- eight hours ; one fatal .. .... L. Z. Harvey died.
5. Mrs. Harriet Stafford, widow of the late Spencer Stafford, died ... . At a meeting of the county court, the grand jury, after a few hours absence, came into court, and reported that they had attended to and disposed of all the business before them, and found no bills -...... 7443 barrels of flour arrived by canal.
7. Henry Marvin, son of the late Uriah Marvin of this city, died at East Chatham, aged 52. . ... Three cases of cholera reported : no deaths .. ..... The Receiver of the Canal Bank gave notice that 40 cents, the final dividend and full amount of the circulating bills, would be paid on the 16th instant .. .. . Concert by the Distins, singers and performers on the Sax Horn .. ... Among other produce received by canal, there were 10,478 bbls. flour, 30,945 lbs, butter, and 29,111 lbs. cheese.
7. Eleven cases of cholera reported at noon for the last twenty-four hours, four of which were fatal.
8. J. C. Witt, agent of the Western Railroad Company, died at Sharon Springs : he was a gentleman of great energy of character and excellent reputation ....... Conrad Treadwell died.
9. The Mayor reported, that within the last 48 hours, ten cases of cholera had occurred, four of which were fatal. ...... Parker Sargent appointed justice in the Police Court, in place of Conrad A. Ten Eyck deceased. ...... Annual examination of pupils in the Albany Female Academy commenced. .. .. Adam Frazier, formerly of this city, died at Cincinnati.
10. The county board of supervisors met, and were organized under the law giving them legislative powers. .... . Eight cases of cholera reported to the Board of Health , two fatal. .. Cornelius J. Cuyler died, aged 514 years. John W. Diamond died, aged 50.
11. Seven cases of cholera, two of which were fatal, and one death of the cases reported yesterday ....... Alexander Worden died. aged 39. . Alarm of fire from a house in Grand street. . Charles I. Wager drowned while bathing near the lower ferry.
12. Sixteen cases of cholera reported for the last 24 hours, three of which were fatal, and one of the seven reported on the 11th since dead. .Six houses destroyed by fire in Broad street : rioting among the firemen. ..... Mercury in the thermometer at 9 A. M. was 86° ; 96° at 2 P. M .; and at 7 p. M., 93º .. . Schooner Stranger, soon after leaving the dock with a full load of corn, was injured by a steamer, and sunk. . . . Thirty-sixth annual examination of the Albany Female Academy concluded ....... Frances F., wife of Israel Smith junior, and daughter of Capt. Charles H. Bell, U. S. N., died. Jane, daughter of Michael McCafferty, died, aged 22.
13. Eleven cases of cholera reported to the mayor as chairman of the Board of Health; three fatal. Two of the cases previously reported proved fatal. . Water in the Hudson lower than had been known for many years. At 58 State street, at 42 A. M., the thermometer stood at over 82° ; at 7 A. M. it fell to 71° ....... Ellen, wife of Thomas Dunn, died. J. W. Butler died. Arthur Gibbons, son of S. Stafford,
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aged 18, died at the American ....... Charles Russel, one of a sailing party of five, was drowned by the upsetting of his boat; age 23 ....... Tobias Morgan, formerly the slave of John D. Vischer, died of cholera, aged 60 ....... The store of Samuel B. Moore, grocer, in Broadway, was robbed of $200 ... .... The closing exercises consequent on the an- nual examination of the pupils in the Albany Female Academy were held in the First Presbyterian Church ; Rev. Dr. Kennedy delivered a short address to the graduates.
14. Thirteen cases of cholera reported ; four fatal. One previously reported terminated fatally ..... John Butler, a cartman, died of cholera. 15. Mrs. Elizabeth Nugent died, aged 38.
16. Forty six cases of cholera reported for the last forty-eight hours, ending at noon ; thirteen of which were fatal. Three deaths from cases previously reported ....... Thomas Monkland died ....... Several build- ings between Lawrence and North Ferry street, destroyed by fire. ... Frances, wife of William Worth died, aged 41. Solomon Hayes, long and favorably known in Albany, died from cholera, aged 64 ....... A telegraphic despatch from New York announced the death of D. B. Og- den, esquire, so long prominent in the commerce and councils of the state.
17. Seventeen cases of cholera ; three fatal. Two cases formerly re- ported, fatal ..... Victor Post died, aged 33. Samuel Vail died, aged 83.
18. Nine cases of cholera in the city and four in the hospital, one of the latter fatal. ..... The steamer Alida arrived at her wharf in seven hours from New York, running time ....... Stephen Squire of Fulton- ville, Montgomery county, died in this city. . ..... At 10 P. M. the shoe store of Peter R. Cluett took fire, but was extinguished with little damage ....... James Sickles died, aged 75.
19. Thirteen cholera cases were reported to the board for the last 24 hours ; six fatal. Three of the fatal cases had been before reported .... Harmanus Bleecker, a prominent and well known citizen, universally respected, died in the 70th year of his age. (See p. 276.) .. ... The steamer New World left New York at 13 minutes after 7 A. M., reach- ing Poughkeepsie in three hours sailing time and landed her passengers at Albany, 32 P. M., making all her landings.
20. Eight cases of cholera reported to the board. Four deaths of those previously reported ....... The steamer Alida reached her landing place five minutes before 3 P. M. ; making the whole trip in 6 hours 51 minutes sailing time.
21. Thirteen cases of cholera reported ; eight in the city and five at the hospital; two fatal. Two deaths also occurred of those previously reported ....... Jane widow of the late Arthur Hooper died, aged 76. Elizabeth, wife of Adam Armstrong died, aged 72.
22. Thomas Moss died in the 58th year of his age. Jellis Winne junior died, aged 71 ....... Lydia, wife of Thomas Carson died, aged 66. .. The body of John D. Morey, a young man about nineteen years of age, was found in a deep ravine a little north of the city. Death by suicide.
23. Twenty-two cases of cholera reported as having occurred since noon of the 21st ; five fatal. One of these, Ira Hinckley from Osterville, Mass., died on board the schooner Oliver at the wharf'; he was about 19. ...... Margaret Troiter, widow of the Inte Gen. Matthew Trotter died, in her 80th year ....... Henry Miller, accused of forgery and coun- terfeiting was arrested and committed ; plates of different banks were
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found in his possession ....... Mary, widow of the late Jason Rudes died, aged 72. Roswell Wilson, of the firm of Callanan & Wilson died at Whitewater, Wisconsin.
24. Thirteen cases of cholera were this day reported ; two of which were fatal. Two also of the cases reported at a prior day proved fatal.
25. A very large and brilliant halo (corona) appeared round the sun a little before noon ....... Fourteen cases of cholera reported as having occurred since last report. Three fatal besides one death of a case re- ported previously ....... Ann, wife of Benjamin Ward died, aged 63.
26. The board of health reported that seven cases of cholera have been stated to them as having occurred since last report. One fatal and one more death of the 14 yesterday reported ....... Elizabeth Singer died in the 70th year of her age. Sally Clark died, aged 70. Mary Quinn died, aged 20. Jane, wife of James Morrow died. James Allen died, aged 82. Barney Lyman died of consumption, aged 21 years ..... A good southerly wind brought up a large number of sail vessels from the east which in some measure prevented the steamer's intelligence (this day telegraphed) having any tendency to depress the market.
27. Sixteen cases of cholera ; five fatal. Four cases previously re- ported have terminated fatally. Six of the sixteen cases embrace the report of Drs. Martin and Wiltsie for two days ...... Bridget McMan- nus died, aged 55. John B. Smith died, in the 33d year of his age-
28. Eleven cases of cholera ; four fatal, within the last 24 hours. One also of a previous report died. Lord, an emigrant lately from
England died. Mrs. Winaford Allen died, aged 60 Cornelius Higgins died, aged 832 years. Abigail Walker died, aged 66.
29. Ann Eliza, wife of Jacob Griffin died ....... S. H. Shipley from Baton Rouge parish, Louisiana, and Mr. Cochrane, both belonging to a party from Mississippi, died in the city of the prevailing epidemic ; they were properly cared for ....... Martin Truesdell, for many years cap- tain of the steam boats Utica and South America, died at Coxsackie, of bronchitis. Having retired from business, he was elected a member of the legislature for the session of 1848 ....... Margaret, wife of Benjamin Van Aernam of the city, died at Guilderland, aged 47.
30. For the last 48 hours thirty. one cases and twelve deaths by cholera were reported. Two deaths of cases previously reported ..... Thirteen buildings and an immense quantity of lumber in Water street were con- sumed by fire. Its origin not ascertained ..... The new building erected at the expense of the state on the corner of Lodge and Howard streets, was taken possession of by the Normal School, and the evacuation of the old building in State street, completed this day.
31. Sixteen new cases of cholera and seven deaths .... . A woman and her child were found dead by cholera in Orange street. They died alone, leaving a child 24 years old the only representative of the family, the father having died of the same disease a few days previous ....... The mayor published a respectful request to the citizens to observe the 3d August as a day of fasting and humiliation, agreeably to the recom- mendation of the President of the United States. that if consistent God would avert from us his judgments ....... William Dennison, a native of Ireland died. George M. Mosher died; aged 53. . .. .. . At 6 o'clock A. M., the thermometer stood at 82deg. at noon it had descended to 72 deg. and 6 P. M. it was below 65 deg ....... Rev. Mr. Taggart ordained and installed pastor of the Unitarian church. Rev. Messrs. Dewey and
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Pierpont assisted in the exercises ... ,, .. Number of cases requiring medical aid in the Alms House during the month of July, 249 , cured 162 ; died 57 ; under treatment 37 .. . .. .. Number cases of cholera for July, 343 ; deaths 125.
AUGUST, 1949.
1. Nine cholera cases, and one of them fatal, were reported. A fatal termination of a case formerly reported was also given in ....... Steam boat South America ran down a sloop loaded with coal, which sunk in 20 feet water ... . Number of prisoners in the Penitentiary 173; up- wards of 50 being females ....... Number of paupers in the Aims House 405. Expenses of the last quarter $2,678.
2. Twenty-four cases of cholera, including seven fatal, were reported. Of a former report two proved fatal .. ... John Moore died of the pre- vailing, epidemic, aged 66.
3. Great national fast-business generally suspended, and the churches well attended ....... No meeting of the board of health ; five cases re- ported of cholera, 2 deaths .... . David C. Wainwright died, aged 93. Lucius Allen died, aged 41. . . New World steam boat accident, by which she was laid up for repairs, requiring an outlay of several thou- sand dollars.
4. 'Thirty-one cases of cholera reported for the last 48 hours ; 9 fatal, and one fatal of the cases reported before ....... A most welcome and refreshing shower moistened the parched earth; it was accompanied with thunder and lightning. A house was struck in Herkimer street, but with little damage.
5. Sabbath -- An attempt was made to fire the lumber yard of Messrs. Rogers & Callendar. Another fire was attempted in South Pearl street in the afternoon ....... Edward Pacey, a caulker, extensively known, died of cholera, aged 84.
6. Twenty- five cases of cholera, seven of them fatal were reported as having occurred within the last 48 hours. Three of a former report also proved fatal. A strong southerly wind prevailed and brought with it in the afternoon an abundant and seasonable rain ....... Ann, wife of Wil- liam Clemshire died. James Pacey died of cholera, aged 19.
7. Eight cases of cholera, two deaths. Two deaths of cases previ- ously reported. John P. Cassidy died in New York, formerly of Albany.
8. Six cases of cholera ; one fatal. One fatal of those reported yes- terday ....... Jane Mitchell died, aged 15.
9. Eleven cases of cholera ; two fatal. One death of those previously reported. Also four deaths not reported on the 6th and 7th ........ Anna Maria Soulden died ..... Fire in North Pearl street, above Maiden lane ; damage small.
10. A great deal of rain fell during the night, which was much needed by vegetation ...... Ten cases of cholera, and one death ; also one death of the cases previously reported .. . .. The board of health required the sextons to report all burials, since May 1, under a penalty of $25 for non-compliance.
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